2009

Yea!! Happy New Year!

I love 2009! I had a good start by selling my first product online!
I sold my first ebook at USD$9.97 making a $8.97 profit after giving commission to the pay merchant.

I just completed Patric Chan's Continuity Program with my mastermind buddies and came out feeling refreshed, motivated and very much looking forward to push forward in our business model.

I now have a stronger business model that's unique in Singapore, thanks to the wonderful foresight of Patric Chan.

You see by asking the right questions, with a few minutes spent talking to a guru who's willing to share, you're able to simply pick his brain and his valuable advice will benefit you for life.
At least you'll know if you're doing right or not.
Afterall, he had been there, done that.

I've enjoyed the class tremendously with seriously great tips and strategies that'll serve us well into the coming years.

My only peeve would be the seemingly negative energy in the class, asking all the wrong questions, and more accurately the inability to phrase or ask a proper question.
Call me a snob, but it's a pain to listen to an ass who goes on and on and on, without aim and purpose and you have to expedite extra strength to figure out just what they're asking. Not very efficient right!!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Most Singaporeans can't ask a proper intelligible question. Period.

In terms of articulation Singaporeans fall far behind other industrialized countries like Taiwan, China, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Thailand etc..
I believe our education system made us so, because the environment and the way we're taught left us the inability to think for ourselves.

One example, is in school, we're taught to formulate English conversions in a subject called Composition.
Here, most people would say something like; "I like this bag because it is colourful and nice."
Enough said.

But on the Bright side, I think our younger generation are getting better at it, probably due to the internet, and improvements to our education style.

While doing my research, I came across this astrology forecast of my sign, of which I wasn't consciously looking for. But it jumped right out, and I liked it.
So here goes:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/KTtheAstrologer/videos/28/

2009 is a good radiant year!

Martin

This is an awesome way to visualize and think big!
Thanks to Mark Sham for recommending!

Jim

This interview was done in July this year. Jim Rogers was spot-on on the USD's sucker rally. He is a genius yet down to earth. Maybe I should look to wear a bow tie..

Rogers

Here's the point of view of my Financial Idol, Jim Rogers, who's a genius by any standards.

Jobs

I've been thinking about the paradox of finding a job, and it seems completely broken to me.
Consider a few facts:

1. The traditional way to get a job is to send a boring resume in response to as many posted jobs as you can. Your resume will be scanned, sorted, and, if it doesn't stand out too much, a person might look at it.

Then you go for a job interview and try to be as coglike as possible in your malleability and desire to fit in. If random acts are working in your favour, you get the job.

2. Then, the big Fortune 1000 company that hired you complains that all their people act like cogs, don't care enough, aren't creative in solving problems, and don't push the status quo.

3. Then, the big Fortune 1000 company realises that as long as they've got interchangeable cogs, they ought to just move jobs offshore, because that's cheaper; or, the company doesn't do that, succumbs to Wall Street pressure, and either cheats on their numbers (and gets caught and tanks) or doesn't cheat, (and gets bought or folded and tanks).

Something's wrong here.

Let's start with one assumption that has changed in just a generation.
You might think that big companies are the backbone of our economy. In fact:
It turns out that 100 percent of all job growth is now coming from small companies (under five hundred employees). In fact, the big companies are shedding jobs, not adding them.

That wasn't true for our parents. It's true for us.

Also true: More likely than not, the best jobs, the most interesting jobs, and the most secure jobs are found in small organizations.

Conclusion: Fitting in to get a job for the big guy is a bad strategy for everyone.

Heal The World

Here's a song that proves Michael Jackson is way ahead of his time. This theme of spiritual awareness and to act for the greater good was written and sung more than ten years ago. And its still relevant today.

Be it for global warming, anti-war, anti-terrorism, famine, impoverished children, or refugees, the idea to heal the world relates. Even till this day.

This post is dedicated to Ms Lo Hwei Yen. Our country's first victim of terrorism in Mumbai, India.

Below is the lyrics and a quote from Michael Jackson taken from his album "Dangerous".



There's a place in your heart
And I know that it is love
And this place
Could be much brighter than tomorrow
And if you really try
You'll find there's no need to cry
In this place
You'll feel there's no hurt or sorrow

There are ways to get there
If you care enough for the living
Make a little space
Make a better place...

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

If you want to know why
There's a love that cannot lie
Love is strong
It only cares with joyful giving
If we try
We shall see
In this bliss we cannot feel
Fear or dread we stop existing and start living

Then it feels that always
Love's enough for us growing
Make a better world
We make a better world...

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

And the dream we were conceived in will reveal a joyful face
And the world we once believed in will shine again in grace
Then why do we keep strangling - wound this earth, crucify its soul
Though it's plain to see
This world is heavenly
Be GOD's Glow

We could fly so high
Let our spirits never die
In my heart
I feel you are all my brothers
Create a world with no fear
Together we cry happy tears
See the nations turn their swords into plowshares

We could really get there
If you cared enough
For the living
Make a little space
To make a better place...

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

you and for me
you and for me
you and for me
you and for me
you and for me
you and for me
you and for me
you and for me
you and for me
you and for me
you and for me


The Dance
Consciousness expresses itself through creation. This world we live in is the dance of the creator.
Dancers come and go in the twinkling of an eye but the dance lives on.
On many occasions when I am dancing, I have felt touched by something sacred.
In those moments, I felt my spirit soar and become one with everything that exists.

I become the stars and the moon.
I become the lover and the beloved.
I become the victor and the vanquished.
I become the master and the slave.
I become the singer and the song.
I become the knower and the known.
I keep on dancing then it is the eternal dance of creation.
The creator and the creation merge into one wholeness of joy.
I keep on dancing...and dancing...and dancing, until there is only... the dance.

By Michael Jackson

P.S. The video shown above is not the original MV. Originals unable to embed.

Habits

Today had been one of those ineffective days where nothing much was accomplished. Such waste of valuable time. Somehow I disliked the way I had spent time, compared to the knowledge to invest it in a useful manner.

Thus, upon reflecting, I'm going to remember it as the day I lost to procrastination and to commemorate this day - I'll dedicate this post to myself of yesterday.

I hope you'll remember this lesson and be the Warrior you're meant to be. AHO!


Habits are the things we do naturally and automatically without thinking. They've been conditioned into us and come directly from our unconscious mind. Changing our lives starts with changing our habits, our automatic responses.

Behavioural scientists tell us that we can recondition or form a new habit within twenty-one days.
Success isn't by chance, luck, or some capricious God who rolls the big success dice and selects favourites at random. (Lucky is a good name for a dog but a poor excuse for success)

Success is about healthy habits, little things done correctly over time, that become big realized goals.
The absence of strong, positive habits can topple even the strongest pillar.

Make a commitment to develop good habits no matter what's happening around you - even when you're faced with tragedy.

Good habits and time are inseparable, aren't they? If you have an antagonistic relationship to time (you resent its laws), it only stands to reason that your habits will be erratic.

Time is a sacred, precious commodity that we've all needed, wasted, argued, and tried to bargain with. Napoleon Hill said that time will not tolerate indecision. In short, it's our greatest ally or worst enemy.

First, let's get one thing straight. Managing time is never going to happen.
All you can do is manage the way you relate to time.

I hear a lot of people say, 'Time flies when I'm having fun.' Not true. 'I just don't have time.' Again, not true.
Time is time. A day is a day. It's twenty-four hours.
A week is a week. A month is a month. A year is a year.

Time is nothing if not consistent. You cannot save time; you can only spend it or invest it. Tick, tick, tick.

The fact is, you have all the time there is. We all do, so stop fighting against it.
When you say you don't have time to work out, for instance, what you're really telling me is that working out is currently not important enough given everything else you've got on your plate.

How you spend your time, like how you spend your money, tells me what you value most.

If you're truly passionate about your intention, you'll focus your time on it, often to the exclusion of other activities.
If you're spending thirty minutes daily checking your voicemail, sixty on e-mail, 120 driving to and from work, does that get you closer to your goals?

Only you know, but you might want to start paying attention... or risk paying with pain.

Once you start working with your six action items, you'll notice that less you deviate from your list, the quicker you'll realize your goals.

Suddenly (and hopefully) those lesser activities will have less and less fascination for you because you'll see that they steal your dreams moment by precious moment.

Let's talk about Alchemy. Alchemy is the transmutation of one thing into another, moving something from one state of evolution into the next.
That's what we're going to do with your time. contrary to popular belief, a disciplined and organised life is actually a liberated life.

With your discipline, you're transmuting what was once chaotic and random into something organised and directed. This new directed energy can be focused like a laser into creating what you want.

Keep pushing. Keep moving. You're growing and expanding, as are your results. Yet it's a good bet that you'll be hitting some common roadblocks and stalling.
Yes I'm sure you're tired of writing this down. It seems redundant.
But you need to grab your attention by the scruff of the neck.

Besides, what could be more important right now than developing new habits - new ways of thinking and acting?

Wealthy people have the ability to give themselves a command and then follow it.
It's a true test of personal integrity and self-worth.

The greatest promise you'll ever keep is a promise to yourself. How much self-worth can you have if you're not honest with yourself?

If you can't count on yourself, how much can you expect others to respect and value you?

How can you expect to control universal energies if you can't even control your own energy?

Wealthy people - and I'm talking about those with Harmonic Wealth - don't waste time knowing what they want one minute and then allowing themselves to sink back into fear or doubt the next. That only attracts confusion and anxiety.

Great achievers focus only on their visions and fire those visions with wisdom, courage, and commitment, regardless of their current circumstances.

They know it's only a matter of time before their visions come into physical form. They know that the stronger their belief, the faster they'll attract the results they desire and replace their old programming.

The path will present itself. Don't get caught up in next week. Don't even get caught up in tomorrow. Get totally immersed in today.
You have your vision; you have your picture.
Now give it 100 per cent of your focus right now.
Get in the flow and go for it.